February 18th, 2016

ANNOUNCEMENTS

• Be sure to ask your fifth grader about Mrs. P’s Ireland-themed lecture.

MATH

Barber:  Adding and subtracting fractions with unlike denominators.  

Brazier: Daily Practice Problems (DPP). Reviewing the big ideas in strand 5. Adding fractions with unlike denominators.

* ASK: “Use ‘dot paper’ (just draw dots) to show me why ½ + ⅓ = ⅚.”

* HOMEWORK: COMPLETE ALL OF STUDENT GUIDE PAGE 175

* STRAND 5 DPP DUE ON FEBRUARY 26

Martinez: Fractions greater than one.

READING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Readers notice shifts in time in a story.” Using a timeline.

Brazier: “Readers keep track of story elements as they read.”

* ASK: “Quick: Come up with a headline for the exciting chapter you read today in Number the Stars.”

Martinez: Independent Reading.

HOMEWORK: Read your assigned book club reading.  Jot.  Then, prepare a sticky note for tomorrow’s book club meeting.

WRITING WORKSHOP

Barber: “Opinion writers get in touch with others’ beliefs.”

Brazier: “Opinion writers bridge their opinions and reasons with the word ‘because.’” (Also, reasons are general, not specific.)

* ASK: “Why shouldn’t a reason for an opinion be specific? I thought it was good to be specific!?!”

Martinez: “Opinion writers have reasons that are general.”

SOCIAL STUDIES (Teacher: Mrs. Barber)  

Barber’s class:  Read Chapter 10 introduction and 10.2.  Focusing on the tension between Great Britain and the colonists.  

         

EXPLORE & DESIGN (Teacher: Mr. Brazier)

* WORD MASTERS SPELLING TEST ON FRIDAY, FEB. 26 (The 25 Word Masters words appear at the bottom of today’s blog entry.)

SCIENCE (Teacher: Mrs. Martinez)

No Rotations due to Mrs. P.’s visit.

THE 25 WORD MASTERS WORDS:

1. lure

2. carom

3. famished

4. decoy

5. gorge

6. ingenious

7. glance

8. ricochet

9. balmy

10. zephyr

11. augment

12. placid

13. cyclone

14. relent

15. shrewd

16. crane

17. quaff

18. mottled

19. trough

20. amplify

21. tempestuous

22. crest

23. yield

24. torrential

25. gaze